The Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles will meet
on the field at Camden Yards on Monday in a battle of
division rivals.
David Price will be the starting pitcher for the Rays
on this day. Lefthander Price is 0-0 this season with
a 0.00 ERA.
Price's opponent in this one will be Brian Bass. The
Orioles righthander has a 6.24 ERA to go along with a
0-0 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Rays listed as
145-moneyline favorites versus the Orioles, while the
game's total has not yet been posted.
B.J. Upton had three hits in Tampa Bay's 4-1 loss to
the Twins on Sunday afternoon.
The Twins had been listed at -104 on the road in that
contest, while the combined score fell UNDER the day's
posted total (8).
The Orioles lost to the Yankees 7-3 as a +205 underdog
on Sunday. The 10 runs scored caused this game to be a
PUSH on the posted over\/under total (10).
Adam Jones was 2-4 with a run scored for Baltimore and
Chris Waters gave up five runs in 5 2-3 innings to
take the loss.
Current streak:
Baltimore has lost 5 straight games.
Team records:
Tampa Bay: 92-62 SU
Baltimore: 67-87 SU
Tampa Bay most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Baltimore are 7-3
After playing Minnesota are 6-4
After a loss are 4-6<\/p>\n
Baltimore most recently:
When playing on Monday are 3-7
Before playing Tampa Bay are 4-6
After playing NY Yankees are 2-8
After a loss are 3-7
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5
games when playing Baltimore
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing
Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5
games
Tampa Bay is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing
on the road against Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Baltimore's last 5
games when playing Tampa Bay
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 7
games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Baltimore's last 6
games at home
Baltimore is 15-8 SU in its last 23 games when playing
at home against Tampa Bay
Next up:
Baltimore home to Tampa Bay, Tuesday, September 23<\/p>\n